Happy Earth day!

Good morning everybody! Happy Earth day! 

I absolutely adore all the people who do look after our PLANET! The one and only that we live in! 

Especially on days like this - even if you "do not have enough time" on   daily basis to do so .. then at least thanks to the people like former US senator Gaylord Nelson who encourages us to sit, think, protect! MAKE CHANGE for the best! 

This day was founded by him   after he saw the enormous 1969 oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. ...
The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, in America.

as they say : EVERY LITTLE HELPS! just read the below list .. and try to "tick" for yourselves .. 

How should I celebrate?

Here are six ways to mark Earth Day:

• Grow your own food (or buy locally-grown produce)
• Go paperless
• Plant a tree
• Stop drinking bottled water
• Start carpooling (or take up cycling)
• Invest in a solar-powered phone charger
• (  http://www.mirror.co.uk/science/happy-earth-day-2017-what-10268507) 

It has been just under one week since Carmen and I got back from Siberia and we were given a huge amount of amazing gifts that we will cherish, share and enjoy! 

Today is the ideal day for us to open  a gift from year 5a student Egorov Mark 

His dad (a  keen hunter and fisherman) specially collected Ivan -tea for us to taste 

"Ivan - Tea (Epilobium) - fount of vitamins and microelements, healthful broth this plant cures many diseases and gives vivacity body) 

About this tea is mentioned in historical chronicles. Before the advent of normal tea, in Russia, as in other European countries, has been at a premium Russian tea or Ivan-tea, raw materials for which served the leaves kipreja. Such tea delivered to the Imperial table and widely exported abroad,  My dad loves hunting and fishing. He often happens in the taiga, This tea he collected, dried and prepared himself. Egorov Mark, 5A, Krasnoyarsk, Russia" 

Dear Mark, if you are reading this , my family and I would like to say a huge thank you to you and your dad for such wonderful present! 

Wishing you all to live very  long fulfilling healthy lives and hoping to see you one day again and hoping to share numerous cups of teas together over interesting chats here in England and in Russia 

Kind regards, Tatiana x

A change for the better . .

Hello everybody! Hoping your day is going well!
I would love to congratulate you all (belated wishes) on Easter! And if you do have children who attend school - I sincerely hope that you all had a wonderful school holiday during this special time of the year!

I certainly did! :)
Our little girl and I went to visit my family in Siberia! It has been a VERY long time since we have seen them all .. (3 years to be precise! )

We had an amazing time and ... did not want to leave them at all , but our daddy was waiting for us here, in the UK and he made great job looking after all the wonderful guests at St Michaels Holiday home AND B&B!

I was totally surprised to see new changes at St Michaels !
A change for the better ... (please see all our updated photos  and videos on our Facebook page
" St Michaels Holiday Home, Whitstable B&B" and Google)

We really hope to see you all one day at St Michaels !
Last minute bookings are available too, especially if you are planning your stay with the small group of friends at our B&B , please call us anytime on 07506020537
We will be delighted to accommodate you all!!
Bye for now, love T&D x

Crazy things happen when you least expect them ..

I am NOT a writer or anything and do not claim to be one .. It is that  simple!   All the stories that come to my mind  I have written while travelling .. whether while I was standing behind the wheel of the yacht on a starry night  or  sitting (as a passenger on a plane :) (like this time) ... as any other times my mind races "100 miles per hour" , trying not to miss anything that is going on out there in the world ..

Since I was a little girl I was always encouraged to write , and I always WANTED to write anything and everything .. I am lost in the amount of diaries that I have written in the past, and I have lost the count to all the books that I have read and will read in future!

But only when I reached this special year 2017 (my year! The Year of the Rooster  - by Chinese calendar ), and thanks to our business St Michaels Holiday Home, I started to write  online - on our blog (stmichaelswhitstable.co.uk).

Thanks to my passionate nature for travelling and buzz about life and especially thanks to my dear husband David (who supports me, who believes in me and shares THE SAME interests as me..) He quite often "plants the seed" in my head .. and I just keep researching or simply writing about it ..


As this time I am surrounded by little children - my little girl and her dear  cousin/sis  .. The only thing that comes to my mind is  to write the story for them  :)

Not sure whether you will like this story or not, but hope you will get the idea :)

                       The PENCIL MAN       

Once upon a time, in the Big City there lived a LITLLE Pencil Man ..

He was always feeling sad and lonely  as nobody wanted to play or talk to him , until one day ... when he ended up in the storm, while trying to drown in his own tears ... The lightning stroke him and sharpened him into a handsome, young Pencil Man! 

Very good looking  and stylish he surprised himself the way he started to look, and especially the way young pretty ladies Pencilinas started to look at him :) 

When his looks was not enough for young Pencil, he decided to use his natural skills and went to magical world of science: THE UNIVERSITY! 

Where he found himself at peace and proud as EVERYBODY NEEDED HIM! 

Our dear friend, Handsome Pencil, became a MR PENCIL from now on. 

Everybody wanted to honor him and more than that, the more they sharpened Mr Pencil the more attractive he became.

He always smiled as he FOUND HIS PURPOSE  in life! He understood that for somebody, he actually was a VERY important friend.! 

The end :) 

Let`s hope you will find that special friend as I luckily did! 

And if you can not find him/or her ,, then BE ONE!

:) 

Have a wonderful afternoon (evening for us here, is Siberia) 

Night night, 

Love, T x

The most exciting thing about the blog ...

The most exciting thing about the blog is the fact that whatever you feel you can actually put in writing ..
There are no editors, no judges, just yourselves - special people, who actually take time reading this note ..

This Easter break  our daughter and I  decided to spend in Siberia!

Of course it would be more exotic to actually take a trans Siberian train from Moscow platform and get all the way  to rural places of vast Russia ..
although not this time though ..
as due to school commitments for our little girl and business commitments (stmichaelswhitstable.co.uk) for me - we "simply" hopped on a plane .. first from Gatwick to Moscow, that took as about .. 3.5 pleasant hours ..

The moment we landed in the Capital of Russia ,, the adventure has started for us both ..

Two , totally out of place (1st trip  in 3 years away from our daddy David) me and our Carmen , who understands Russian language but prefers to speak in English to me .. we had to rush off the 1st plane and physically run to catch our second flight ..
After pretty much a nightmare of queues , one after the other, after running back and forward as we were totally misled by some people .. after pushing through the crowd .. AGAIN ..
me, being me, worried about "not making on time" and totally embarrassing our my little girl .. who gave up running through the crowd half way and tried to "blend in" among them ..
I must admit,  I did look mad with less than one hour before the take off the 2nd plane us, not being registered yet I did not fancy spending the night at the airport when we finally went though passport control ..
(we were told one more minute and our luggage would have been sent to security checks as 2 "suspicious cases" from London been left unattended" .

After more checks and more running we located our gate No 18 ... and waited excitedly to be called in for the last checks

We spoke to our daddy David who kindly agreed to stay back in England to look after our guests at St Michaels
He was excited to hear us being well


We spoke to my sister, who was more excited as she was waiting for our arrival in a few hours ..
it took us just under 5 hours to get to the beautiful city of Krasnoyarsk! And my sis and my friend were meeting us at the airport with all the suprises!

after a few more minutes ... we entered the plane and in about 10/15 minutes we were off to our new adventure..
What lays ahead of us we will see .. :)

Excited is an UNDERSTATEMENT!
xx
to be continued ..

HAPPY GLORIOUS SCHOOL HOLIDAYS! EASTER 2017!!!

How exciting! These days are finally here!

Have a wonderful time!
If you are visiting St Michaels during these days please call David on 07468439716 , he will be meeting all of you, dear guests, as our daughter and I will be away , "creating memories" in my Home Land city of Krasnoyarsk! In Siberia !
We have not been there for the whole 3 years , so you can imagine how excited we both are to go! And more than that: my sister and I organised this trip as a total surprise for our mum!
Let`s hope she will ABSOLUTELY LOVE it! :)

During school Holiday there will be loads of activities going on in Kent, so please google to get some information

The weird fun day in Whitstable Castle cought   my attention
http://www.whitstablecastle.co.uk/murder-mystery-evening---saturday-15th-april

Sat 15th of April 2017! :)
If you are interested - make a booking and have a good time!

Thank you for taking your time to read this blog,
have fun during these two weeks !
Speak to you all soon!
Lots love, T x
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